Tiger 1 late steel wheel & Panther "F" steel wheel conversio

[CHIEFSONN]

Can you tell me if the wheels were worth it, I cant get a good picture of them off the sit and are they made of pot metal, and do you have any pictures of them alone or on your tank completed.thanks

[CHIEFSONN]

Thanks for your reply, Eastern Front

[CHIEFSONN]

After thanking you and later that night I have yet another question, on what would they be installed to white metal inserts ? ,would you install them to tamiys steel wheels that are use on ther king tiger! and what would you use to bond them togather 2 part epoxie ca glue. Thanks but I just reread your post and reading the first post you state The wheels also come with the bearings (bronze) installed,do you then get wheels. from what I see in the picture I only see the inserts and center caps. now I am more confused.

[tomhugill]

When I asked about this I got shot down for suggesting to put steel wheels on an F. Apparently the steel wheels where a failure and would have been dropped for the F model.

[tomhugill]

I've got an F underway but am using the standard panther wheels. In panzer tracts it makes no mention of using steel wheels on the F model. As far as I was aware there where about 50 steel wheel G models made after which the idea was dropped as the performance was deemed unsatisfactory.